Hello all :) I've set up a WordPress site on my droplet (LAMP, Ubuntu 12.04). I'm also using google apps to handle my email. I have my DNS set up to use gmail, as well.
the problem is with the WordPress site. I've set up Postfix (and followed this tutorial to relay gmail: http://mhawthorne.net/posts/postfix-configuring-gmail-as-relay.html) and PHP mail (msmtp) and they *seem* to be working - especially the PHP mail. All of the tests are coming through just fine. However, I have my google apps email address set as the admin in my WordPress environment, and I have a contact form that's set to send notifications to that address. I also have the form (uses Gravity Forms) to email a copy of the filled-out form to whatever end user filled it out.
None of those emails are coming through anywhere. It's like WordPress isn't connected to any sort of mail setup at all. I tried using a WordPress SMTP plugin, but that also fails with a message:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (0)
There's a few of my tests that are showing up in my /var/mail folder, but it appears they are postfix error messages - they all say the"user" doesn't exist (but I set one up, so it *should* be there). here's one of the messages, if it helps:
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "shelly"
So I'm kinda stumped as to what I'm doing wrong here. In all honesty, I don't want to use my droplet for mail at all, I just want to have Gmail/Google Apps handle it completely. If anyone could point me to whatever I'm doing wrong/missing, I'd really appreciate it.
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